Madagascan Flatid Leaf-Bug

Phromnia rosea

''Phromnia rosea'', the flower-spike bug or the flatid leaf bug, is a species of planthopper in the family Flatidae. It is found in dry, tropical forests in Madagascar, and the adult insects are gregarious, the groups orienting themselves in such a way that they resemble a flower spike.
Closeup of single Flower Bug, Marojejy, Madagascar Group photo:
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Appearance

The adults have wide pink wings which they hold vertically in a tent-like fashion, concealing the whole body. The nymphs have no wings, but can move about, and are defensively covered in wispy white wax, with a plume of waxy tendrils. Like other bugs in this family, both adults and nymphs feed by piercing the bark with their mouthparts and sucking sap from the phloem. The adults are mobile, and can jump if disturbed.
Phromnia rosea - adult Specimen, but the first adult of the species.

I've seen the nymph of this species in the wild a few times, but never the adult. Interestingly, it seems in both life stages they group together to mimic a flower blossom.
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/109729/phromnia_rosea_-_adult_head.html Extreme Macro,Madagascan Flatid Leaf-Bug,Phromnia rosea

Food

''Phromnia rosea'' feed on the liana ''Elachyptera minimiflora''. The nymphs produce copious quantities of honeydew and the Coquerel's coua feeds on this.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHemiptera
FamilyFlatidae
GenusPhromnia
SpeciesP. rosea